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Our non-profit status

Our formal name is "Bloominglabs Incorporated" and we are incorporated as a non-profit within the State of Indiana. Furthermore, Bloominglabs Incorporated is fiscally sponsored by School Factory, Inc., a 501(c)3 charitable organization.

How we process monetary donations

Since we are fiscally sponsored by the School Factory, all monetary donations are required to go through them. Our PayPal button on our front page goes directly to the School Factory, and all cash and check donations must be mailed to the School Factory. The School Factory takes 10% and then sends us back the rest. (Please note that membership dues are NOT tax deductible and should not be sent to the School Factory, we receive those directly.) Cash donations under $250 do not need to go through School Factory (and receipts for donations less than $250 are not required by the IRS), however they can be submitted if a receipt is still requested by the donor.

Donations by check:

Checks must be made out to "School Factory, Inc."

We should check first, but cash should be in the form of a money order

Donors (or you) should add Bloominglabs to the memo line, so they know who the donation is for.

Get these checks to Meghan Koven, Operations Director for processing (done on a weekly basis).

TL;DR: just fill out the Donation Form for cash and check donations (and if the donor wants more than just the paypal receipt for electronic donations):

How we process hardware donations

We can take in-kind hardware donations without any paperwork. If the donor would like a receipt then we need to identify an appropriate value for the item and fill out the School Factory Donation Form.